There’s a hidden new version of Task Manager in Windows 11
Microsoft has been gradually updating and unifying Windows 11 features. Some of these have been overhauled in terms of the look while others are essentially the same with smooth edges. Some of the changes include a changed volume indicator and updated system icons for the Notepad, Paint, and Calcul...
17 malicious packages found in Node.js Package Manager (NPM)
Another 17 malicious packages have been discovered in an open-source repository by researchers. In recent times, it has become clearer that these repositories can, have been, and will continue to be used to spread malware.
The malicious code was found in NPM, where 11 million developers trade mo...
Rollbar upgrades its error monitoring platform for developers
Rollbar today announced an upgrade of its error monitoring platform for developers, Adaptive Alerts. The upgrade adds real-time error alerts that warn users of unexpected issues in monitored apps using anomaly detection to lower false negatives and false-positive results.
Developers and operatio...
PHP 8.1 gives developers a suite of new tools
The new features include enums, Fibers, and readonly props.
This week the PHP development group announced the release version 8.1 of the programming language. "PHP 8.1 is a major update of the PHP language," they claim. "It contains many new features, including enums, readonly properties, first-...
Back-end developer is the most in-demand tech job
HackerEarth, a developer hiring platform, conducted a survey that revealed that back-end developers top the list of in-demand tech jobs/ That means back-end developers could be in a great place if they know PHP, Python, Java, and .NET, as companies are looking to onboard talent to serve the hybrid ...
Canonical releases Ubuntu 21.10 (Impish Indri) and focuses on developers
Canonical announced the release of a major update to the Ubuntu Linux operating system, with improvements that enhance security, support cloud-native app development, and boost artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) innovation.
The Ubuntu operating system is one of the popular it...
CodeSee announces open-source OSS Port to help visualize projects
Coding projects can sometimes grow as more people join, making it harder for developers or teams to see the bigger picture of how all the components fit. That statement holds for many development teams, but especially for distributed ones.
CodeSee, an early-stage startup seeing to help these tea...
PostgreSQL 14 is here with additions and enhancements
Last week, open-source fans were given a reason to be happy, when PostgreSQL 14 was released. This iteration of the RDBMS features performance enhancements for heavy, distributed workloads. The seasonal autumn release was announced last week.
In PostgreSQL 14, users should expect big new feature...
Amazon announces AWS Cloud Control API
The new service helps AWS customers to also access third party services.
Amazon announced the release of AWS Cloud Control API. The company says its new service will make it much easier for developers to manage AWS services as well as third-party services that run on Amazon’s cloud. The tool c...
Swift 5.5 is available, it handles concurrency better
Apple has released version 5.5 of the Swift programming language, described as a 'massive release'. It includes async/await pattern, package collections, and improved Objective-C interoperability. The most anticipated new features in Swift 5.5 revolve around concurrency.
Swift’s earlier approa...
Snyk’s latest funding round yields $530 million at a $5.8-billion valuation
Snyk, the maker of software used by developers at tech behemoths like Google to fix vulnerable code announced on Thursday that it closed a $530-million funding round, co-led by Sands Capital and Tiger Global, at a valuation of $8.5 billion.
That is more than triple its valuation when the year be...
GitHub Codespaces available to Enterprise users
To kick off the rollout of its browser-based coding environment, Codespaces, to a wider audience, GitHub is extending access to GitHub Team and Enterprise (cloud) plans.
GitHub is owned by Microsoft and has announced that internally, it transitioned from a macOS model to Codespaces, which is now...